Parishioners at St. Frances X. Cabrini, a church closed by the Archdiocese of Boston in 2004, commemorated the fifth anniversary of their vigil on Sunday. (Open the story to hear from one of the parishioners who has been there from the beginning.)...

Maryellen Rogers has been part of the vigil at St. Frances X. Cabrini since it began on Oct. 26, 2004. Click to hear her talk about the experience.

It’s been five years since parishioners found themselves alone inside St. Frances X. Cabrini church.

The Archdiocese of Boston, which was about to close the church, had changed the locks at the shuttered church several days early, but a bungee chord attached to one of the doors helped parishioners to get inside – where they began to hold vigil.